Cincinnati Friends mourn the loss of two individuals who brought Light and love to our Meeting. Mildred Griswold Mildred Griswold, our oldest member, passed away January 30, 2020, at the age of 102. She had been a member of our Meeting since November 8, 1964. She and her daughter, Sandy,
FCNL Wants to Hear Your Voice
Every two years, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) reaches out to Quaker meetings across our nation for input that will direct their congressional advocacy and lobbying on behalf of issues that Quakers care about. They are currently preparing to develop their priorities for the upcoming 117th Congress for
Faces of Addiction
Faces of Addiction started as an awareness project to create a fresh understanding of addiction and addicted people through portraits and life stories. It turned out to be much more. About 60 addicted persons were interviewed and photographed, and 55 of those images and narratives have appeared in art shows
Wounded Healers
For many years I have led seminars for religious leaders who are in transition. The seminars are called Sacred Chaos, after the title of my book by the same name. The ministers who are attracted to this seminar are experiencing a great deal of turmoil in their lives—divorce, retirement, the
Every Day Is a Holy Day
Back in my college days, I got into an unexpectedly lively discussion with my then-fiancee about, of all things, whether we would tell our future children that there was a Santa Claus. Like most people, he was all for it. I had reservations. For one thing, I didn’t feel comfortable